Total 105 Science / R&D / Research job vacancies in Chesapeake, Virginia US

This Operations Research Analyst position is located Security Operations, Administrative Services, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Applies experience and advanced technical know ledge of operations research analysis to lead complex analyses and small studies on a quantitative or qualitative basis, formulate overall concepts, evaluate findings, and recommend solutions for determining the effectiveness of field program or operations to meet established goals, measures, and objectives.
• Plans, coordinates, and conducts analytical studies using large volumes of data to projects the likelihood of a terrorist attack and leverages analytical results to improve programmatic operations.
• Participates in the selection and application of mathematics, economics, econometrics, and statistics appropriate to conducting Risk Analytics.
• Provides technical guidance and coordinates efforts involved in carrying out various aspects of assignments, the design of samples and experiments, and the design of evaluation and program monitoring techniques. Monitors, evaluates, and documents the results of work activities and prepares final recommendations.
• Participates in meetings, briefings, presentations, and conferences with other management officials to discuss major program changes, performance metrics, projects milestones, formulates, executives and justifications to influence decisions and provide guidance.
• Identifies mathematical applications to improve existing programs, determines types of data to be collected, formulates study methodologies, and assists functional activities in the implementation of operational segments and data analysis.

As a CONTRACT SPECIALIST GS-1102-13/14, some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Serve as the principal acquisition advisor to technical clients, providing expertise on use of Other Transactions in non-procurement and prototyping situations.
• Active involvement in the acquisition planning process, adapting to each technical offices varying internal processes, management and communication styles and personalities while reviewing and assessing requirements and developing the most appropriate, streamlined, and efficient acquisition strategy.
• Serve as a contracting officer, a grants officer, or an agreements officer with specified negotiation authority for assigned technical programs across technical offices and acquisitions.
• Assess and resolve complex pre-award issues including evaluating contractor technical and financial capability and perform cost analysis, negotiating subcontracting issues including utilization of small disadvantaged businesses as sub-contractors, and reinterpreting policies to apply to new or changing circumstances.
• Independently monitor contract performance, changes, deliverables, schedules, & financial status.
• Serves as the principal acquisition representative for a primary technical office, but also assists DARPA's technical offices in matters related to acquisitions and assistance.
• Inform senior management of significant actions, anticipated acquisition strategies and potential issues requiring management and/or General Counsel involvement.
• Manage workload and perform contract management using a host of electronic tools.
• Maintain continuous learning through training courses, professional activities, attendance at conferences, and speaking to maintain DoD education requirements.

As a Program Analyst (Resources) at the GS-0343-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Providing financial management, program analysis, administrative guidance, and assistance to ensure sound and timely
  development of ongoing and proposed programs.
• Assisting in the budget formulation and justification process within the office.
• Ensuring the preparation of complete and well written Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) and Purchase
  Requests (PRs) for the initiation and/or continuation of research programs.
• Functioning as the focal point and Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for office support contracts.
• Working as an analyst in conducting continuing analyses of one or more functional or program areas of office or DARPA
  acquisitions for the purpose of providing DARPA management, other federal agencies, contractors and congressional offices
  with financial and DARPA program information.

The Central Virginia Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Richmond VAMC is looking for a Registered Nurse into the role of SCI/D RN Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse in the Spinal Cord Injury Unit, off tour, and alternating/weekend shifts.


Duties include, but are not limited to:

-The Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders (SCI/D) RN Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse is directly responsible to the designated manager in the assigned area; the registered nurse is responsible for the prevention, health maintenance, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitative nursing care to a culturally diverse veteran SCI/D patient population with disorders of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary systems.

-Participates in the interdisciplinary plan of care.

-Participates in wound care rounds.

-Maintain records of wounds, both present on admission and hospital-acquired.

-Make recommendations for wound ostomy continence patient needs.

-Provide staff education related to wound ostomy and continence nursing care.

-Provides extensive patient education.

-Participates in telehealth conferences for patients with wound, ostomy, and continence needs.

-Assist in choosing and ordering hospital supplies including beds, mattresses, wound care dressings, etc.

-Participate in biannual prevalence and data collection.



Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Alternate shifts available. Tour of Duty includes Day 7:30am to 4:00pm, 7:30am to 8pm, Nights 11:30pm to 8am, 7:30pm to 8:00am.
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

The incumbent serves as a data analytic expert for their assigned organization, performing and overseeing data analysis projects and applying specific expertise in data analytics to support organizational decision making. The incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Serve as a resource and leader to Federal and contractor staff in implementing, managing, tracking, and evaluating complex data analysis projects; define customers and apply system architecture principles to develop and manage technical requirements, plan resources, and meet stakeholder business needs and constraints.
• Develop efficient project organizational structures and apply system architecture principles to projects; manage project plans to ensure logistical efficiency, identify, and resolve potential bottlenecks.
• Partner with stakeholders internal and external to their organization in continuous improvement processes impacting data quality, performance enhancements, and overall user experience; and offer expertise when participating in discussions with non-technical internal customers to understand the problem and identify required data sets, collection mechanisms, and other key stakeholders required to solve the problem.
• Assess data interface and storage requirements and needs, oversee and maintain the organizational databases and data systems for data acquisition, storage, and retrieval; use tools to transform, combine, and clean data in preparation for analysis and use appropriate analytic and statistical software to clean imperfect data and prepare data for analysis.
• Translate complex concepts, findings, and limitations into concise, plain language; routine analysis tasks will include structured, loosely structured, and unstructured data from primary and secondary sources and require working with large datasets and numerous confounding variables.

As a Operations Research Analyst (Cost Estimating), GS-1515-13, your typical work assignments may include:

• Advising the Undersecretary for Management (USM), Chief Readiness Support Officer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Component Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and Senior Real Property Officers on facility and infrastructure cost estimating and analysis issues.
• Leading the Department in cost estimating and analysis policy, policy implementation, and guidance.
• Developing Independent Cost Estimates (ICEs) and assessments of all aspects of facility planning, design and construction engineering to inform the Resource Decision Authority.
• Reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating Program of Requirements and Life Cycle Cost Estimates.
• Conducting compliance reviews to validate project costs and ensure requirements are in alignment with strategic priorities for submittal to the Portfolio Transformation Investment Board and CFO to support facility investments and resource decisions.

• Oversee the execution of manufacturing and production of test requirements for vehicle flight systems, test articles, assemblies, and components.
• Coordinate and schedule high-level meetings and briefings, maintain and, as necessary, develop selected reports to assist senior level staff with the management of tasks and projects.
• Participate in basic concept and feasibility studies, and designs, develops and tests new or modified equipment prior to release for production to ensure reliability and safety of the equipment.
• Perform advisory services in the specialty area to those who design, test, produce, supply, operate, repair, and dispose of test articles and equipment.
• Determine or recommend the requirements for the appropriate (spare) parts, tools, and operating instructions to support equipment during fabrication or tests.
• Advise in developing production procedures and techniques where intensive knowledge of the equipment is required.
• Foster a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.

CISE's mission is to enable the U.S. to uphold its leadership in computing, communications, and information science and engineering; promote understanding of the principles and uses of advanced computing, communications, and information systems in service to society; support advanced cyberinfrastructure that enables and accelerates discovery and innovation across all science and engineering disciplines; and contribute to universal, transparent, and affordable participation in an information-based society.

This position is located in the Division of Computer Network Systems (CNS) within the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE). Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) supports research and education activities that invent new computing and networking technologies and that explore new ways to make use of existing technologies. CNS seeks to develop a better understanding of the fundamental properties of computer and network systems and to create better abstractions and tools for designing, building, analyzing, and measuring future systems. CNS also supports the computing infrastructure that is required for experimental computer science, and it coordinates cross-divisional activities that foster the integration of research, education, and workforce development.

The responsibilities of the NSF program officer are guided by the goals of NSF's Strategic Plan: to empower STEM talent to fully participate in science and engineering; to create new knowledge about our universe, the world and ourselves; to benefit society by translating knowledge into solutions; and to excel at NSF operations and management. To achieve these goals, NSF staff employ core strategies including developing intellectual capital, strengthening research infrastructure, integrating research and education, and promoting partnerships.
Specifically, we are looking for a candidate to fill the position in the following program areas:

• • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace

• Advises and assists the Division Director in the development of long-range plans that ensure ClSE investments are targeted to cutting-edge challenges and opportunities in CISE research and education fields.
• Collaboratively oversees and manages the merit review process for assigned research, education infrastructure proposals to ensure that investments are made in a diverse, rich mix of bold, cutting-edge projects that promise to advance the frontier and contribute to the attainment of NSF' s strategic goals.
• Manages an effective, timely review process with attention to increasing the size and quality of the reviewer pools and ensuring participation by groups long under-represented in CISE fields.
• Oversees and manages the post-award management process for awards in the program, including reviewing annual reports, conducting effective, timely site visits, and overseeing a post-award evaluation process, where necessary.

• Prepares program solicitations, annual program reports, oral presentations and other materials consistent with NSF, CISE, and CNS strategic goals and that inform internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinates and liaisons within NSF and with other Federal agencies, industry, the scientific community, the international community, and the public concerning assigned activities.
• Participates in both in-reach and outreach activities that seek to broaden the participation of communities underrepresented in CNS, CISE, and NSF activities.

• You will manage the internal operations of the International Science Program, to include an internal battle rhythm for a worldwide Department, regular reporting and communications, knowledge management, and research project quality assurance.
• You will orchestrate the annual development and curation of the International Science Program Plan, feeding into the Global Engagement Plan (GEP).
• You will oversee the International Science Program’s Strategic Communication Plan, to include regular reporting and communications to flag/general officers and senior government officials.
• You will maintain regular channels of communications within the International Science Program, through formal and informal interaction, collaboration, and coordination with the Regional Chief Scientists and the Science Directors.
• You will establish new and strengthen existing relationships across ONR and the Naval Research and Development Establishment.
• You will represent the International Science Program in the absence of the Program Manager and conduct other duties as assigned by the International Science Program Manager.

This position is being filled under DoD Modified Direct-Hire Auth (Certain DoD Personnel), PL 118-31, Sec 1250B(i)(2), 12/22/2023

As a INTERDISCIPLINARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST/COMPUTER SCIENTIST at the GS-1515/1550-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Within Wargaming Branch, incumbent supports the analysis and evaluation of joint future concepts and their associated ways and means, incorporates computer hardware and software in the analysis and evaluation of joint future concepts via wargaming to improve delivery of U.S. operational capabilities to the future joint force.
• Participates in the development of experimentation and wargaming events, data collection and analysis plans, to ensure results that will best determine the value of and enable implementation of validated joint concepts and capabilities.
• Conducts research and analysis of joint concept and future capability issues and formulation of recommendations related to the development of Service, multinational, and CJCS level events.
• Participates in developing analyses and feedback for further refinement of joint concepts, white papers, concept required capabilities, and supporting documents within the context of classified Defense Planning Scenarios and associated future threats and technology trends.
• Lead the development and implementation of models, systems, hardware, and software for purposes of wargame adjudication, visualization, and game player processes

• You will assist in managing and directing the work of 23 Science Advisors that are deployed to operational fleet/ force commands across the globe.
• You will facilitate, coordinate, track and monitor SA program activities.
• You will conceive, organize plans, and assist in the execution of SA program events.
• You will monitor and strengthen relationships and collaboration across Naval resourcing, acquisition, development, and operational organizations.
• You will represent the SA program office in meetings and events.

This position starts at a salary of $139,395.00 (GS-14, Step 1) to $181,216.00 (GS-14, Step 10) with promotion potential to $181,216.00 (GS-14 Step 10).

The Intelligence Research Specialist in this position has program planning, direction, or evaluation responsibilities for the research or collection operations of a major geographical area of a functional program with world-wide implications; and they also serve as Government-wide experts in broad fields of research or operation.

Major Duties include but are not limited to:

• Applying a full range of analytical processes and tradecraft to provide and oversee finished intelligence products in support of operations.
• Guiding and usage of Structure Analytic Techniques (SATs) and analytic tradecraft to address unusual problems, which do not appear to be susceptible to treatment by accepted methods.
• Ensuring that the appropriate intelligence disciplines and methodologies are identified and applied to exploitation of information from a variety of sources to generate intelligence products that reveal the following: potential threat identities, associations, and travel/movements; organizational composition, tactics, techniques, and procedures; and threat activities, chronologies, capabilities, resources, and patterns.
• Applying safeguarding procedures and proper handling techniques when working with classified and sensitive but unclassified information.

As a OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST at the GS-1515-14 some of your typical work assignments may include:

• Provides advice and analysis to senior staff and managers within the Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and Services, regarding operational issues of major importance to the Department of Defense (DoD) for joint capability development and implementation.
• Leads matrixed personnel involved in major analysis, assessments, and evaluations in support of joint capability development and implementation for senior staff.
• Identifying and integrating related projects or initiatives; identifying issues in need of remediation; conducting
  cost benefit analyses; identifying alternative operational approaches to solving future joint warfighting challenges
• Performs analyses for difficult-to-define, futurist, innovative and new approaches, functions, or processes with major impact on the development of capabilities required by the future Joint Force.
• Performs tasks assigned through use of the Electronic Task Management System (ETMS) to include development of staff packages, documenting proper processing procedures, and the importance of meeting internal and external suspense time frames.

As a Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Employee & Labor Relations), you will perform the following duties:

• Serve as the principal authority responsible for recommending the overall direction of the National Science Foundation's (NSF's) labor relations program through policy and guidance as established by agency senior officials and advising executive leadership of issues having NSF-wide impact.
• Provide authoritative interpretation of laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that govern Labor Management Relations (LMR), develop broad LMR guidance for NSF, and establish and maintain effective relationships with labor organizations.
• Establish authoritative employee relations policies, procedures, and guidelines, make recommendations to management on the need for changes in existing policies, and develop new agency strategies and plans for employee relations.
• Provide managers and employees with information about NSF's employee relations policies, procedures, and guidelines, and advise supervisors and managers on issues related to employee conduct and performance.
• Perform supervisory duties such as coordinating the development of workload objectives, assigning work and priorities to staff, developing performance standards and evaluating employee performance, identifying training needs, resolving employee complaints, and effecting minor disciplinary measures.

• Participates in engineering research/operational aspects of a wide variety of flight, simulation requiring operation of aircraft types from single engine piston, medium jet aircraft to large transport category multi-engine turbo prop aircraft.
• Serves as a Lead Research Pilot on assigned flight/simulation experiments providing support piloting/operational consultation on other experiments/activities both inside and outside the continental United States.
• Develops, executes, and leads complex plans for flight mission operations with complicated and interactive factors, concepts, or conditions. Develops mission operations plans to accomplish research objectives.
• Applies accepted flight research principles/practices/techniques for aircraft operations to meet requirements of research experiments. Serves as safety pilot during flight experiments/research with other subject pilots.
• Interfaces with experiment developers, flight crew, research systems personnel, and mechanics in formulating/applying system constraints/procedures to flight documentation or flight/ground activities.
• Applies aviation/flight test knowledge and experience/safety practices to all flight projects in order to safely plan and operate Goddard/Wallops aircraft in support of NASA missions.
• Develops/designs flight operations, equipment, or systems for a broad range of interdisciplinary activities that cut across conventional lines of engineering/scientific fields.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champions NASAs commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.